willyhoops wrote: > No I get exactly what jitter is and how it works- thanks for your > article- very good (of course the clock speeds are set the same it's > just tiny inaccuracies that cause the problem as you already pointed > out). I mentioned jitter in CD extraction to avoid confusion. All I am > interested in is SPDIF jitter. > > I am really not interested in paying $6,000 for a DAC. I am trying to > replace a Yamaha CDR-HD1500 hard-drive / CD player with a squeezebox. > It cost me about $1,000 a few years ago including 250Gb hard drive and > I have been happy with it but Squeezebox with wireless connection and > tags is a a much better idea. My frustration is getting the analouge > out good enough to match this mid range cd / hard drive player. I was > hoping to find a DAC which did good enough PLL or perfect buffering for > just a few hundred dollars. We shouldn't need to spend $6,000 to get a > half second buffer that removes all jitter.
Can I suggest you actually try listening to some devices instead of theorising based on their technical specification? You might like to try the Transporter, for example. Or maybe the SB+? I don't use an external DAC any more since I got the Transporter (I used to use an Art DI/O with my SB1/2) so I'll leave others to recommend possible options for external DACs. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
